BORUSSIA DORTMUNDGmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Dortmund GROUP MANAGEMENT REPORT Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Dortmund for the 2020/2021 financial year (hereinafter also "Borussia Dortmund" or the "Group") BUSINESS TREND LOOKING BACK ON FINANCIAL YEAR 2020/2021 Athletic Performance COVID-19 pandemic UEFA Champions League The COVID-19 pandemic meant fewer spectators Borussia Dortmund advanced from the group stage at games in the first Bundesliga division. Borussia to the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League Dortmund's first match of the season was against after finishing top of group F with four wins, one Borussia Mönchengladbach to a crowd of 6,918 on draw and one loss. The team celebrated a 3:2 victory 19 September 2020, followed by home fixtures in the first leg against Sevilla FC before drawing 2:2 against SC Freiburg (10,548 spectators) and FC at home to reach the quarter-finals, where it Schalke 04 (272 spectators). As the pandemic suffered close defeats to Manchester City in both progressed, the rest of the season was played legs and was knocked out of the competition. behind closed doors. DFB Cup Bundesliga The team faced MSV Duisburg, Eintracht Borussia Dortmund chalked up 64 points in the Braunschweig, SC Paderborn 07 and Borussia 2020/2021 Bundesliga season to finish in third Mönchengladbach on its way to resounding place and qualify directly for the group stage of the victories against Holstein Kiel in the semi-final and UEFA Champions League in the 2021/2022 season. RB Leipzig in the final. This was the fifth time that Borussia Dortmund has lifted the DFB Cup, and the team qualified for the DFL Super Cup in the 2021/2022 season. DFB cup 1st round 1st match day 14 September 2020 19 September 2020 MSV Duisburg - BVB 0:5 BVB - Bor. M’gladbach 3:0 120 120
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